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January 2013

Thank you for your contributions. Please remember to mark your edits, such as your recent edits to Meritorious Service Medal (United States), as "minor" only if they truly are minor edits. In accordance with Help:Minor edit, a minor edit is one that the editor believes requires no review and could never be the subject of a dispute. Minor edits consist of things such as typographical corrections, formatting changes or rearrangement of text without modification of content. Additionally, the reversion of clear-cut vandalism and test edits may be labeled "minor". Thank you. S. Rich (talk) 17:53, 4 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"Short-lived"?

Hi. Thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia. You recently added the description "short-lived" to several articles about musical bands. For some of these, such a description seems slightly odd to me. For example, Conspiracy (band) were active over at least a 6-year period (14 years if you include their existence as The Chris Squire Experiment, and there's talk of a revival of the project). The Buggles only had 4 years originally, but have had reunions in 1998, 2004, 2009, 2010 and 2011.

Such judgements over whether something was "short-lived" or not can be difficult to make objectively. One way of avoiding such uncertainty is to make sure an article is clear about the dates a band is active, i.e. using actual numbers rather than a subjective phrase. Another way is to rely on what reliable sources say rather than trying to make the judgement ourselves. Bondegezou (talk) 11:51, 26 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

July 2013

Welcome to Wikipedia. At least one of your recent edits, such as the edit you made to United States Navy, did not appear to be constructive and has been reverted or removed. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to Wikipedia, please take some time to familiarise yourself with our policies and guidelines. You can find information about these at the welcome page which also provides further information about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. If you only meant to make some test edits, please use the sandbox for that. Thank you. Please use the preview button to review your edits before saving them. ~~If it was your intention to post the out-sized Navy emblem, then be advised that such edits constitute vandalism and will not be tolerated.Otherwise,~~ thank you for your contributions. – S. Rich (talk) 04:01, 4 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Edit Summaries

Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. Please make sure to include an edit summary with your edits. Please provide one before saving your changes to an article, as the summaries tell others of your intent and help when reviewing the article's history. Thanks. -Fnlayson (talk) 15:53, 28 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

May 2014

Thank you for your contributions. Please mark your edits as "minor" only if they are minor edits. In accordance with Help:Minor edit, a minor edit is one that the editor believes requires no review and could never be the subject of a dispute. Minor edits consist of things such as typographical corrections, formatting changes or rearrangement of text without modification of content. Additionally, the reversion of clear-cut vandalism and test edits may be labeled "minor". Thank you. – S. Rich (talk) 05:54, 2 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It's been a few days, so I don't recall for sure. I think it was this edit [1] that prompted my note. It was more than a typo fix. I do appreciate the work you've done on the DWM article. Thanks. – S. Rich (talk) 06:22, 5 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Per WP:MINOR, any time you are adding or removing content in an article, you should not check the minor edit box. A quick review of your contributions indicates that you are either unaware of this distinction, or completely ignoring it. Continued inappropriate use of this check box could be construed as disruptive editing, and could result in editing sanctions. Maher-shalal-hashbaz (talk) 20:25, 2 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

My pleasure, S. Rich:) Sfthenerd (talk) 11:37, 26 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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May 2015

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Please use the edit summary to explain your reasoning for the edit, or a summary of what the edit changes. Thanks! Ugog Nizdast (talk) 09:59, 18 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Minor edits - Final warning

You have been asked several times over a period of years to stop marking as minor edits that are not minor. Carefully read WP:MINOR and change your editing habits accordingly. Inappropriately marking edits as minor is deceptive and violates the norms of collaborative editing. If there is something about minor edits that you don't understand, ask here on this talk page immediately, before you make another edit. Otherwise, the next time you inappropriately mark an edit as minor you may be blocked from editing. Sundayclose (talk) 15:39, 11 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I appreciate the wake-up call, I am only trying to do better Sfthenerd (talk) 03:18, 12 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Scottish clans

Please refrain from adding unsourced information to infoboxes as it is disruptive! Vif12vf/Tiberius (talk) 15:55, 1 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I was confused for a while about allies/rivals and how they were considered Sfthenerd (talk) 07:02, 2 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

About the List of tartans, could you please format the links you use as citations. It will help the software keeps them updated. Thanks. --evrik ^(talk) 15:33, 18 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, of course; just out of curiosity, how do I say it when I save the change? Sfthenerd (talk) 06:38, 20 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, never mind, got it figured out Sfthenerd (talk) 08:41, 12 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Research

Hi. Just to note that it is not enough for you to note that you've done some research in your edit summaries. You need to demonstrate this by citing a reliable source. Otherwise no-one knows what your research consisted of, and whether it has any validity. Note especially that Wikipedia does not permit use of original research. Thanks. --Escape Orbit ^(Talk) 10:50, 6 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Sfthenerd (talk) 08:36, 12 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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CS1 error on List of tartans

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November 2023

You were asked to stop making changes to clan/tartan lists here without citing reliable sources, but you are back at it again. Your recent claims added to List of tartans were removed. The claim about Clan Heron is not supported by any of the sources already present, and you did not provide a new one that supports your claim. The claim about Clan Leask was also without a source, and proves incorrect; the tartan I can find for Leask is similar to one of several Hay tartans but it still different. Maybe Leask should be added, but it needs to be done with a source citation. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼 00:50, 23 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Also, please stop pasting in bare URLs as if they are source citations. See WP:Citing sources, and for most of your use cases Template:Cite web. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼 00:52, 23 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for the misunderstanding; didn't mean to accidentally repeat it; thank you for helping with sources. Sfthenerd (talk) 01:15, 23 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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